Seam for sewed articles.



Patented Jan. 2|, I902.

J. L. PATTERSON.

SEAM FOB S'EWED ARTICLES.

(Application filed Mar. 5, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITE-I) STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JAMES L. PATTERSON, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, Ass IeNoRTo UNION.

SPECIAL SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A

CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

SEAM FOR SEWED ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,568, dated J anuary 21, 1902. Application filed March 5,1901. Serial No. 49,723. (No model.)

To aLZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, J AMEs L. PATTERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illin0is,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seams for Sewed Articles, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the characters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to animprovement in seams for sewed articles, the object of the same being to provide a lapped seam for garments in which the raw edge of the lower fabric is bound by suitable binding, the upper fabric having a hem fold, a row of stitches passing down through the upper fabric, its fold, and the lower fabric, and another row passing through the upper fabric, both edges of the binding, and the lower fabric, thus making a strong, durable, and ornamental seam; and the invention consists, primarily, in a seam for sewed articles comprising upper and lower lapped fabrics, one having an inwardly-turned hem fold and the other having a binding-strip folded around its edge, one edge of the binding-strip facing the inner edge of the hem fold, with means for securing the parts together; and the invention also consists in the matters hereinafter described, and referred to in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,which illustrate the invention, Figure 1 is a top perspective view of a seam constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a strip of tape or othersuitable binding 1), the upper edge of the binding-strip facing the inner edge of the hem fold a, and a row of stitches 2 passes through the fabric A beyond the line of the fold, through the upper edge of the binding, the lower piece of fabric, and the lower edge of the binding, as shown. If desired, both edges of the binding b may be folded, as shown at c. I

Preferably the seam is made upon a twoline sewing-machine of any well-known type, provided with a special construction of folding-guide, such as forms the subject-matter of an application filed by me of even date herewith, Serial No. 49,722, the upper fabric being folded, the raw edge of the lower piece bound, and the. binding-pieces folded at the edges, and the parts being united, all in one' continuous operation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein-described seam for sewed articles, comprising upper and lower lapped fabrics, one having an inwardlyeturned hem fold and the other having a binding-strip folded around its edge, one edge of the binding-strip facing the inner edge of the hem fold, and means for securing the parts together; substantially as described.

2. The herein-described seam for sewed articles, comprising upper and lower lapped fabrics, one having an inwardly-turned hem fold, and the other having a binding-strip folded around its edge, oneedge of the binding-strip facing the inner edge of the hem fabrics, one having an inwardly-turned hem fold, and the other having a binding-strip folded around its edge, said binding-strip having on each edge an inwardly-turned hem fold, one edge of the binding-strip facing the In testimony whereof I affix my signature inneredge of the hem fold, and rows of stitchin presence of two Witnesses. ing, one of which rows of stitching passes through one fabric, its hem fold, and the other JAMES PATTERSON 5 fabric, and the other of which passes through lVitnesses:

both fabrics and both hem folds of the bind- JACOB L. NEUMAN, ing-strip; substantially as described. ROMNEY L. VVILLSON. 

